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David Shepherd
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Alienated by the scent of Musk. Flaneur, haunter of Art Galleries, love watching paint dry in Arthouse films, countryside conservationist, Birkbeck History of Ideas MA, progressive, radical, European.
I think you could be on to something. In the 70s my brother belonged to a youth group in Reigate that offered both am-dram and D&D. I think my brother in law went to something similar in Liverpool too.
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Appalling if true and a long way from 60s radicalism.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Elderly mother gave me 50p one. I never use cash these days so I’m now more familiar with Euro notes than Stirling. Mail with Charles III stamp looks as if comes from overseas.
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In Europe we prefer our meat somewhat rarer, positively bloody in fact. Accompanied by a robust red wine rather than coke too. Still each to their own.
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
93 miles according to Google. About the same price as a senior return from Godalming to Guildford - 4 miles each way!
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We didn’t even use it when I did History at university in the late 70s!
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Indeed but then the mobile network doesn’t work very well once you get off the train in Godalming!
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Wonder if there is some crude allegory going on here, linking manger, tree of life and cross?
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Which Miliband though?
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Repeal of the Quorn Laws set to be the big political issue mid century.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And the C19 European great power system collapsed with the C20 European civil war from 1914-1945, one of the motivators leading to the founding of what is now the EU and still rumbling away with Russian tensions with the West and conflict in Ukraine.
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
But not in you garden or driveway. As one who now lives in leasehold the service charge takes away an element of choice but it’s not necessarily more expensive than having to fork out for repairs and maintenance in a freehold property.
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Who wants to to buy a Christmas tree in mid November? I guess the patriots don’t know it’s not even Advent yet. Sainsbury’s is full of Christmas stuff, far too early.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
PR would probably lead to a split and a realignment with coalition formation.
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Gone to the dogs!
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM